torah

The verses of the Shema begin with a commandment to “Serve G-d with all your heart. (Deut. 6:5)” The word for heart in the Hebrew… Read More »It’s a Pleasure to Serve You

And you shall love HASHEM, your G-d, with all your heart and with all your soul, and with all your means. (Devarim 6:5) What does… Read More »How Powerful We Are

You shall safeguard and perform them, for it is your wisdom and discernment in the eyes of the nations, who shall hear all these chukim/decrees… Read More »How To Sell Chukim

Rabbi Shimon said, three people who ate at the same table and did not speak words of Torah are as if they had eaten from… Read More »Chapter 3, Mishna 4(b): Body or Soul? Part II

This week’s parsha begins the seven-week period of consolation and condolence that bridges the time space between Tisha b’Av and Rosh Hashana. In order to… Read More »Matters of Consolation

BS”D Volume 36, No. 44 16 Av 5782 August 13, 2022 Sponsored by Mrs. Faith Ginsburg in memory of her father-in-law Maurice Ginsburg (Yisroel Moshe… Read More »Are We Consoled?

This weeks parsha, Va’eschonon, begins with Moshe pleading with Hashem to allow him to enter Eretz Yisroel. “Va’eschonon el Hashem ba’eis ha’hee laimore” (3:23) –… Read More »Enough! Chill Out!

The Story In the city of Balagan, on a street named Gevalt, lived the Mevulbal family. They were very nice and funny and very very… Read More »Reciting the Shema

They were a new generation. Some of them had experienced the Exodus as very young children. Most had been born during the forty years of… Read More »With Your Own Ears

“G-d our L-rd sealed a covenant with us at Chorev. Not with our forefathers alone did G-d seal this covenant, but with us, we who… Read More »Facing the Challenge